First post, by nammtar
Hey everyone,
Last weekend I started playing the Quest For Glory I VGA remake, using DOSbox v0.73.
Everything worked fine (after setting CPU cycles to 10,000), so I was very happy!
But then, I wanted to continue playing today, and I noticed some weird and very annoying issues, that didn't occur while playing last weekend.
What seems to be happening is, that the "foreground-screen-coordinates" get offset by some x- and y-values in relation to the "background-screen-coordinates".
What this means is, when I click somewhere on the screen, the character actually moves somewhere else. And I can't exit the screen on some sides (as I can't get the mousepointer to the offset coordinates). Very weird!
Bit hard to explain, but it's very visible in the character sheet I think (screenshot included). There, as you can see, the stat-"names" appear where they should, but the stat-"values" are shifted to a different location.

What it should look like:
- "Unholy Saint" should appear to the right of "Name:"
- The stat-value-column "41,61,30,78,40,67" should appear aligned to the right of the stat-name-column "Strength,Intelligence,Agility,Vitality,Luck,Magic"
- The stat-value-column "29,0,20,0,0,0,0" should appear aligned to the right of the stat-name-column "Weapon Use,Parry,Dodge,Stealth,Pick Locks,Throwing,Climbing".
- The stat-value-column "825,61/65,50/54,4/65" should appear aligned to the right of the stat-name-column "Experience,Health,Stamina,Magic Points".
I can't seem to figure out what happened. Between playing last weekend and playing again today, I didn't change anything, so I don't know why it doesn't work as expected now, but it did last weekend.
Since I noticed the issues, I did try everything I could think of to correct it, but nothing has worked so far. Things I've tried:
- Setting "[dosbox]->machine" from "svga_s3" to "vgaonly".
- Setting "[sdl]->output" from "surface" to "overlay".
- Setting "[renderer]->aspect" from "true" to "false".
- Setting "[renderer]->scaler" from "hq2x" to "normal2x".
And different combinations of those.
Does anybody know how I can correct the issue, or what else I can try?
Thanks in advance!
Tim.
PS: I'm running DOSbox under Windows XP SP3 32-bits on a HP Compaq 8710p laptop with Intel Core2 Duo T7500 CPU @ 2.2GHz, 4GB RAM (3GB usable under XP 32 bits) and 160GB HD. The rest you can see in the specs by following the link.
